RE: Is Allegorical Religion better than Fundamentalism?
March 27, 2022 at 8:41 pm
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2022 at 8:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
They're included in the set, ofc. I don't mean the original authors or orators of an initial story. Religion is a collective effort. It's certainly true that history is full of examples where a religious institution isn't maintaining a narrative for the benefit of mankind. It's arguable that any religious narratives have ever been created for the benefit of mankind, strictly speaking, in the first place. So let's use that as our point of reference. Let's say you followed a religion that wasn't constructed or maintained for the benefit of mankind - but you wanted it to be? That's where you might try to employ an allegorical understanding.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
